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J. A. KEGK. IRONING TABLE. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 6. 190a.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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IRONING-TABLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed ApriI 6, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Serial No. 425,556.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. Kucu, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the laundry, and

more especially to the ironing tables used therein; and the object of the same is to produce an ironing table having certain details of improvement and which fold in :i very small compass.

Gne embodiment of the invention is set forth in the following specification and illus trated in the drawings in which Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the invention set up, the top partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with the folding legs shown as engaging the inner batten so that the table is not so high; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the table in folded position, shown as hung upon a nail; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 3 showing a modification of the lower rungs of the legs.

Referring to the drawings, the letter T designates the table top here shown as a single piece of'board and which of course may be covered with cloth or otherwise as preferred, and the letter L designates the legs, which legs are arranged in pairs con verging toward their upper ends and may be rigidly connected in pairs with each other by crossed rods X as shown although these are not necessary. In any event the legs are connected in pairs near their upper ends by rungs R and near their lower ends by other rungs R, although in Fig. i I have shown at R how cleats could be substituted for the rungs if preferred. The upper ends of the legs near the heel of the table are rounded ofi as at L and their upper rung R is connected with the table top by hangers H de pending therefrom as seen in Fig. l'-the arrangement being such that when the legs are swung to a substantially upright position their rounded upper ends will make contact with the under side of the table. The legs at the other end or too of the table may be connected by similar rods X as described, but they are not attached to the table top and their manner of swinging will now be described.

Crossed braces O and I disconnected from each other are arranged in pairs at each side of the table and pivoted at their extremities to the legs, preferably by means of screws S so that they can be detached when desired. Each outer brace U leads from a low point on the inner leg to a high point on the outer, and between its ends it may be sprung outward as best seen .in Fig. 3. Each inner brace I is preferably straight and connects points in the legs which are respectively oppositely disposed, although its screws S are located farther from the outer edges of the logs than the thickness of the lower rungs It or the cleats 1 so that when the parts are folded the inner edges of the legs will lie flat against the bottom of the table top, the inner braces I will pass by said rungs or cleats by reason of the location of their screws, and the upper rung R of the outer legs will project beyond the toe of the table lop T. Thus it will be possible to hang the entire device on a nail N as shown in Fig. 3', and in such position that the table top will lie flat against the wall. However, a T headed button T may be employed as indicated in this view so that it can be turned to hold the lower rung R of one pair of legs close to the table top.

The swinging connection between the two pairs of legs just described would permit the upper ends of the outer legs to slip beneath the table top if it were not for the provision of the following. At a proper point I locate a batten B, preferably secured across the grain of the top '1 so as to prevent splitting and warping, and to its lower face I secure a small crimp G of metal. The length of the batten is such that when the parts are set up the upper ends of the outer legs L fit against its outer extremities and prevent their lateral movement in either direction, while the upper rung R fits into the crim C and prevents their movement longitudinally in either direction. At this time all legs are nearly vertical, but if it is desired to have the table top stand at a slightly lower point as seen in Fig. 2 I provide another batten B and crimp C located about as shown in Fig. 3, though care must be taken that when the parts are in their folded condition the lower rung R of the inner legs will pass by this batten to permit all parts to be folded into the smallest compass. At this time the two pairs of legs are inclined outwardly at their lower ends but the connection of the opposite braces O and I still holds them firmly as will be clear.

All parts are of the desired sizes, shapes, proportions, and materials, and considerable change in details may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention. I prefer, however, to make the top, the legs, and the rungs of wood, and all other parts of metal excepting perhaps the battens them selves which may also be of wood with crimps of metal.

The use of an ironing table is too well known to need repetition here, except that it might be stated that this construction permits the outer end of the table to be lifted as when passing a skirt over it, without disarranging the position of the legs.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

In an ironing table, the combination with upwardly converging legs rigidly connected in pairs by top and bottom rungs, and

crossed braces pivotally connected with legs of each pair; of a table top hinged to the inner legs, battens secured across the under side of the top in position to fit laterally between the upper ends of the outer legs when they are set up and stand longitudinally between the lower rungs of both pairs when the latter are folded, and a crimp carried by each batten and adapted to engage the upper rung of the outer legs when they en.- gage its batten.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this twenty-eighth day of March 1908.

JOHN A. KECK.

Witnesses GRACE K. YVILLARD, NORA GRAHAM. 

